Ariel : Ou, La Vie De Shelley (Collection 'Le Roman')
by [Shelley, Percy Bysshe] Maurois, Andre; Jaloux, Edmond (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Bernard Grasset, 1923. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). A very good- copy with slight wear to extremities (chiefly to head and foot of spine, edges); slight rubbing to covers; slight internal uniform browning (chiefly to edges). [8], 358, [1] pages. Text in French. Later issue of the notable biographical study; '8e Edition' (upper wrapper), dated 1923 on title page recto and verso; with imprint date of May 22, 1923 on colophon. Bound in half dark blue morocco over blue/gray marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, light brown marbled endpapers, top edges stained brown, remaining edges trimmed. With original printed yellow wrappers bound in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L056966
- Title
- Ariel : Ou, La Vie De Shelley (Collection 'Le Roman')
- Author
- [Shelley, Percy Bysshe] Maurois, Andre; Jaloux, Edmond (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bernard Grasset
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe English Literature 19th Century Biography Criticism Interpretation Binding QX91, , , , , , ,
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Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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